I was lucky enough to attend an exhibition evening with Jimmy White at Keynsham Snooker Centre earlier in the month and the Whirlwimd certainly looked to be enjoying his snooker again. He had a great rapport with the crowd, joking and laughing at every opportunity.

Jimmy played nine frames that evening and won eight, two of which with a century break.

The only blip that evening came at the hands of the resident club professional Judd Trump, who made a 99 break from a fluked red.

I think with Jimmy really enjoying the game and indeed, the challenge of the qualifiers we could see him qualify for a lot more this season.